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The 2013 First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin–Edith Roosevelt is the second coin released in 2013 in the First Spouse Gold Coin Series and features Edith Roosevelt, second wife of President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt who served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909. It is a one-half ounce 24-karat gold coin minted with a proof finish, giving it a frosted foreground and a mirror-like background. The obverse (heads side) features a portrait of Edith Roosevelt. The reverse (tails side) features the White House with a slightly off-center column and compass, representing Mrs. Roosevelt’s work restoring the White House in 1902. This coin is encapsulated and packaged in a custom-designed, highly polished, dome-chested, lacquered hardwood presentation case and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

This marks the seventh year of the First Spouse Gold Coin Series, the U.S. Mint’s first coin program to feature our Nation’s first spouses. A minimum of four one-half ounce, $10 24-karat gold coins will be minted and released annually in the order the spouses served in the position. The coins are minted with proof and uncirculated qualities finishes and are available individually. Each First Spouse Gold Coin coincides with the release of the corresponding circulating Presidential $1 Coin. In 2013, the U.S. Mint will release five coins in the series – Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson and Edith Wilson.